Improvement in boots and shoes



I. GOFF. Boots and Shoes.

No. 202,256; Patented April 9,1878.

INVENTOR WITNESSES mamas.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WAHINQTUN. D.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK GOFF, OF GHIOAGO ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,256, dated April 9,1878; application filed November 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK GoFF, ofChicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Shoes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of boots and shoeshaving cork or other waterproof filling between the inner and outersoles.

I employ a filling composed of fine particles of cork and rubber, mixedtogether, and applied to a boot or shoe, as'hereinafter described. v

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a cross-section of a boot orshoe provided with my improved filling. Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view,part of the outer sole being cut away to show the filling.

A indicates the upper; B, the inner sole; G, the welt; and D, anextension or flap of the upper, which, in the finishing operation, isturned out over the welt and cut off flush with its edge. The filling F,which. covers the inner sole, is composed of particles or small piecesof cork and caoutchouc-gum,

which are mixed andpressed together, so that the particles adherefirmly. The plastic mass is pressed into the cavity, of which the innergum alone, for the reason that it is a goodnon-conductor of heat, andhence helps keep the foot warm as well as dry. It has, in brief,

the advantages of cork filling and rubber filling without thedisadvantages of either.

What I claim is The combination, with the inner and outer soles andupper A, of the filling F, composed of particles of cork and caoutchouc,mixed and pressed into the cavity bounded by the flap and welt, as shownand described.

FREDERICK GOFF.

Witnesses ERHART BOSLER, CHRISTIAN BOSLER.

